21. He was one of the founders of the Queensland Acclimatisation Society, and for a time its president. 22. The interest in acclimatisation derived from early theories that the environment could bring about evolutionary change in species. 23. The Queensland Acclimatisation Society was also active in providing plant stock and seed material to the new curator. 24. This process is referred to as acclimatisation : the maximum rate of sweating increases and its solute composition decreases. 25. Different national federations have their own distances and temperature rules, typically related to the acclimatisation of national athletes. 26. The week prior to the international round would be free of matches, to allow for travel and acclimatisation . 27. Beyond acclimatisation , hedgehogs were also introduced to control garden pests such as slugs, snails and grass grubs. 28. Achieving even this level of performance requires prolonged altitude acclimatisation , which takes 40 60 days for a typical expedition. 29. Australian cyclists prepared for the Games and Atlanta's humid weather by undergoing acclimatisation training in Perth and Melbourne. 30. Training regimes may include methods of heat acclimatisation , and regulations in some sports stipulate the intensity of some schedules.